the theft occurred at some point between when the shipment of bills landed at the Philadelphia airport on a commercial flight from Dallas at 10:20 Thursday morning, and when the shipment reached its New Jersey destination around 2:00 p.m.

Seriously, though, I wonder if this isn't some serious state-sponsored 007 shiat going down? Half of North Korea's GDP* is printing up fake hundreds. Stealing the next version would be a good use of their resources.

180IQ:the theft occurred at some point between when the shipment of bills landed at the Philadelphia airport on a commercial flight from Dallas at 10:20 Thursday morning, and when the shipment reached its New Jersey destination around 2:00 p.m.

TSA

Mystery solved

I was going to say, they're really upping the ante here, aren't they?

This is probably how they ease us into hyperinflation after all the quantitative easing, they'll print money, ship it commercial, the TSA will steal it, they'll go "oops we lost it", and then the government will be blameless when the TSA guards spend it on hookers and blow!

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Best Korea is probably involved. I wouldn't be surprised if they had an inside man at the BEP.

They are popularly suspected of producing "Super Dollars." These are counterfeit $100s that some claim are better quality than our own. The counterfeits are so good, rumor is they sell for 70 to 80% face value.

This is probably how they ease us into hyperinflation after all the quantitative easing, they'll print money, ship it commercial, the TSA will steal it, they'll go "oops we lost it", and then the government will be blameless when the TSA guards spend it on hookers and blow!

Back in 1996 or 1997, the Canadian government shipped the coin dies for the new Canadian dollar coin by regular mail, and they were lost and never recovered.That necessitated redesigning the coin, which as you can imagine was quite a bit costlier than using a secure courier in the first place.So the "loon" design, and nickname "loonie" for the coin (and for the Canadian dollar currency in general) were all due to someone's fark-up in shipping choices.

GoldDude:Back in 1996 or 1997, the Canadian government shipped the coin dies for the new Canadian dollar coin by regular mail, and they were lost and never recovered.That necessitated redesigning the coin, which as you can imagine was quite a bit costlier than using a secure courier in the first place.So the "loon" design, and nickname "loonie" for the coin (and for the Canadian dollar currency in general) were all due to someone's fark-up in shipping choices.

Harry Winston used to send diamonds and other gemstones via registered U.S. Mail pretty regularly. That's even how he sent the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian Institute.

I must remind you that all money, even something backed by gold, is fiction. As it is our fiat currency works pretty well because it's able to pay taxes. Taxes are the real basis of a fiat currency. Even if you were to develop a substantial barter economy the IRS would demand taxes in their fiat currency. And property taxes prove that we don't really own anything.

Voiceofreason01:syrynxx: If they're not yet legal tender, then it shouldn't be a crime. Just worthless pretty paper from an organization that is not a branch of government.

So stealing is OK as long as you're not stealing currency? On an unrelated note I'm going to need your home address.

No. He's saying that if somebody steals one of these 100 dollar notes then he has only stolen something that has a value of maybe a penny. It is relevant considering that all jurisdiction have a value threshold for what charge somebody can be charged with such as petit or grand larceny. The lawyer for the dude that has them should be arguing that very point if they ever find him.